As
a child in
East Prussia (1940s) my wife learned many traditional songs,
including some charming carols that were new to me. I wrote
English lyrics and instrumental accompaniments for several of them, to
share
with my recreational-music friends: vocalists, keyboardists, string
players and
wind players. The idea was to involve any singer and any
instrumentalist who happened to be available in a church or in a
gathering
of friends and family.

Thus, there is a score book with English lyrics for soprano
&
alto voices and strummed guitar, for soprano & alto voices and
keyboard, for soprano & alto voices and classical guitar, for 3-,
4- and 5-part ensembles of recorders, flutes, and/or strings in any
combination, for a beginner instrumentalist, for mixed chorus, and
soprano & alto German singers with keyboard.

You can download pdf files of these score books from 10 Carols and
a Lullaby Recreational.
We have used these scores every way imaginable - in house-music
circles, unrehearsed
singalongs in churches, concerts in churches and concerts in an auditorium
- about two such events per
season since
1995.

Several of the songs have been arranged for
small orchestra and chorus, presented in
more polished concerts. The orchestra/chorus scores as pdf files can be
downloaded from 8 Carols Orchestrated.

Eventually, I added 12 more carols to some of these
songbooks. The results can be downloaded
from 22 Carols and
a Lullaby.

It's all free for the clicking. If your group has an
accomplished classical-guitar player or a beginner instrumentalist or if German language is desired, you
should select books that match your ensemble from 10 Carols and a
Lullaby Recreational. If you wish to involve some folk
guitarists
in a singalong with recorders and/or keyboard, then select from 22
Carols and a Lullaby.